With toddlers, personal space is a rarity. ⠀⠀
There they are, right there next to you every moment you spend together.⠀⠀
Right there next to you when you try to drink your coffee;⠀⠀
Right there clinging onto your leg while you try and do the dishes;⠀⠀
Right there prodding you with a toy while you try to talk on they phone.⠀
Read MoreIt’s a rarity these days when she is awake and all is quiet. To clarify, I’m not talking about the quiet when she is out of sight (because we all know that that right there is a toddler mum’s worst nightmare) but the quietness of pages turning, pencils scribbling on paper and plastic cups being placed in and out of boxes.
Read More“Is it bedtime yet?” and “when are you home?” are questions I often ask this pregnancy, my first pregnancy as a mum to a toddler.⠀
Read MoreGetting out of the house with a toddler...
Puts alarm on the night before.
Wakes earlier to another alarm (not the electronic version).
Gets up.
Puts dressing gown on.
Read MoreIt’s amazing to think back
To a time when I had space
It’s a distance memory now, it’s true
A chapter now replaced.
